Film
The Back-breaking Leaf
1959 · 29m · Documentary
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Overview
Here is a graphic picture of the tobacco harvest in southwestern Ontario. At the end of July, transient field workers move in for a brief bonanza when the plant is ripe. The tobacco harvesters call it "the back-breaking leaf."
Cast
Crew
- Terence Macartney-FilgateDirector · Director of Photography
- Wolf KoenigProducer
- Roman KroitorProducer
- Tom DalyExecutive Producer
- John SpottonEditor
Details
- Release date
- January 2, 1959
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 29m
- Genres
- Documentary
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